Regular Meetings - Pinellas County Health Department

III. Consent Agenda
A. Minutes from January 24, 2013, meeting:
PINELLAS COUNTY LICENSE BOARD FOR CHILDREN'S CENTERS
AND FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES
Minutes for the Regular Board Meeting
January 24, 2013, 6:30 p.m.
Our mission is to protect and promote the health, safety and mental development of children cared for in
children’s centers and family child care homes in Pinellas County.
UNAPPROVED MINUTES
The Regular Board Meeting of the Pinellas County License Board for Children's Centers and Family Day
Care Homes was scheduled and properly noticed for Thursday, January 24, 2013, at 8751 Ulmerton
Road, Largo, FL, to begin at 6:30 p.m.
Board Members Present:
Board Members Absent:
Elise Minkoff, Board Chair; Lourdes Benedict, Susan Weber, and Anne
Brooks
Commissioner Roche, Kathleen Young, and Judith Vitucci
Ex-Officio Member Present: Charles Minor
Advisory Members Present: Lynn Bittner, Nina Meyers, Ann Hofmeister, and
DaVee Henderlong
Advisory Members Absent:
Attorney:
Elizabeth Krakowski and Merlita Jones
Colleen Flynn, Esq.
Staff Members Present: Patsy Buker, Executive Director; Jorie Massarsky, Supervisor, Children’s
Centers; Julie Oliver, Supervisor, Family Child Care Homes; Pervinder Birk, Director of Administrative
Services, Pinellas County Health Department; and Lynn Abbott, Administrative Secretary
I. Call to order: Elise Minkoff, Board Chair, called the Pinellas County License Board meeting to order
at 6:30 p.m.
A. Announcements
Ms. Minkoff announced a quorum and reiterated to Board members that all members must be present to
vote and that votes cannot be counted via telephone. Voting and Advisory Board members are
encouraged to phone in and listen if attendance is not possible.
The PCLB Board welcomed Susan Weber as a new Pinellas County License Board member representing
the Pinellas County preschool associations, formerly a member of the Advisory Committee.
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